Feb. 01, 2012 - Issue #850: Godot
ArtiFacts
Artifacts: Irrelevant Show taping, China Guizhou Acrobatic Troupe, Airport Art installation
CBC Radio's sketch comedy show features some of Edmonton's finest comic actors getting together and writing whatever their twisted comedian hearts desire—we're talking members of Die-Nasty, Mostly Water Theatre and Caution! May Contain Nuts all getting in a room together and spitballing. Listening to the results when they air on radio is one way to enjoy, but Irrelevant's live tapings are their own hilarious brand of spectacle, complete with foley artist. You can be part of that live studio audience. (Varscona Theatre, $21.75)
China Guizhou Acrobatic Troupe / Mon, Feb 6 (7 pm)
Since being established in 1958, Guizhou Provincial Acrobatic has become a source of Chinese pride on the worldwide stage. The group performs self-designed acrobatic programs with awesome names like "Head Skill," "Climbing Rotating Pole" and "Water meteors" (apparently it's the "acrobatics of spinning bowls of water"), and will likely make you think they're wizards of the body as they pull of inhuman feats of spectacle and skill. (Winspear, $32.50 – $47.50)
Airport Art installation
Miss a flight? Bored and left waiting in the wake of a delayed flight? Just like hanging out in airports? Edmonton International has some revamped visual art installations for its terminal expansion, including works by local artists Jason Carter, Erin Pankratz-Smith and Keith Walker in among more international names. So next time you've got some time to kill at the EIA, a wander would reward you. (Edmonton International Airport) vueweekly.com comments: powered by Disqus
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